Dust-cap for vehicle-wheels.



' 1). McKAY.

DUST GAP FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913.

Patented M31124, 1914.

4am Witnesses Inventor Attorneys DONALD MOKAY, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

DUST-CA1? FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed .Tune 19, 1913. Serial No. 774,665.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DONALD MoKAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State ofAlabama, have invented a new and useful Dust-Cap for Vehicle-Wheels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle wheels and more particularly to meanswhereby the admission of dust to the bearing is prevented.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel hub having thepresent improvements combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-BFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line E-F Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates an axlehaving a spindle 2, this spindle being adapted to project into the hub10 of a wheel having a suitable bearing 7 The inner portion of the hub10 is surrounded by a dust cap made up of upper and lower sections 17and 18 respectively, each section being substantially semi-circular incross section, the upper section 17 being slightly larger than the lowersection 18 so that its side edges and its inner end will lap thecorresponding edges and end of the lower section 18. These sections aresection 17 while the section 20 is formed integral with the cap section18. The section 19 is adapted to lap the outer faces of the section 20.Any suitable means, such as a clip 21 can be employed for binding thesections 19 and 20 upon the axle 1. A dust guard 22, which is circularin cross section, is secured to the inner end portions of the spokes ofthe wheel and is extended close to the cap 1718 so as to prevent dustfrom working between the free edge of the cap and the hub 10.

It will be seen that by providing the particular form of dust cap, theadmission of dust and moisture to the bearing is practically prevented.

hat is claimed is The combination with an axle, of a hub adapted torotate thereon, a dust cap extending around the inner portion of the huband including upper and lower interfitting sections, said upper sectionlapping the outer sides of the lower section, there being upper andlower trough-like extensions upon the upper and lower sectionsrespectively and embracing the axle, means for binding th xtensions uponthe axle, and a shield secured to the hub and extending around that endportion of the dust cap nearest the hub.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DONALD MoKAY.

\Vitnesses W. M. PARKER, A. W. 0001:.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of ratents, Washington, D. 0.

